circus
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals,…A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
» The children chased after the circus parade.
Діти ганялися за парадом цирку.
Meaning
8 sensesA traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
The circus will be in town next week.
Zirkus
циркcirk
циркcyrk
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
кру́глая пло́щадьkrúglaja plóščadʹ
(figuratively)A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
(dated, slang)An undertaking or arrangement.
(collective, rare)A group of puffins.
(historical)In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
(obsolete)Circuit; space; enclosure.
Examples
119 sentencesThe children chased after the circus parade.
Діти ганялися за парадом цирку.
Why don't we go to the circus tomorrow?
Чому б нам завтра не піти у цирк?
deGehen wir doch morgen mal in den Zirkus!
Life is one big circus.
Життя — один великий цирк.
ruЖизнь - один большой цирк.
deDas Leben ist ein großer Zirkus.
The circus is in town.
Цирк у місті.
ruЦирк в городе.
I enjoyed watching the circus parade.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient GreekFrom Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”).
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Forms
plural: circusesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment:carnival
- a genus of haws comprising the harriers:genus Circus
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular